{"id":"GEO-001","notes":"PRIMARY AUTHORIZATION SIGNAL for GEO-CAMP-001. Ivanishvili is de facto leader despite holding only \"honorary chairman\" title — analytically parallel to Dodik in BiH context. The explicit electoral framing (\"exhaust the opposition before elections\") makes this the clearest documented case of a foreign agent law explicitly weaponized for electoral purposes in the database. REGIONAL COORDINATION: same week as RS (BiH) and Kyrgyzstan activations — document in cross-reference.","country":"Georgia","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"HRW May 9 2024 (https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/09/georgia-foreign-influence-bill-threatens-rights); CFR August 2024 (Ivanishvili speech context)"}],"summary":"Bidzina Ivanishvili — Georgian Dream founder and de facto leader, serving as honorary chairman — delivers rare public speech on April 29, 2024. Explicitly states goal of introducing the \"transparency law\": \"to exhaust the political opposition in advance of parliamentary elections.\" Vows to punish the National Movement (opposition party). Attacks civil society and civic groups as \"having no homeland\" — framing them as foreign instruments without Georgian identity. Accuses foreigners of plotting to bring opposition to power \"through non-transparent NGO funding.\" AUTHORIZATION SIGNAL: this speech is the explicit Phase 1 authorization — Ivanishvili names the political purpose of the law directly. HRW: \"Georgian parliamentarians and government officials formally defend the bill as providing transparency, but make no secret of its intended purpose.\" NARRATIVE: NF-01 (foreign agent/influence) + NF-09 (partisan/political tool). REGIONAL COORDINATION: April 3, 2024 RS (BiH) published revised foreign agent draft — Kyrgyzstan signed similar law April 2. Three simultaneous activations in one week documented.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-02","role":"primary","label":"Political Authorization by State Actors","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Legacy Press"],"entities":[{"id":767,"name":"Bidzina Ivanishvili (Georgian Dream founder/honorary chair)","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government Official"},{"id":768,"name":"Civil society sector; political opposition; foreign-funded NGOs and media","role":"target","entity_type":"Sector"}],"date_text":"29/04/2024","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":1,"harm_track":"Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion","narratives":[{"code":"NF-01","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-09","role":"secondary","label":"Political Interference","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":["SIG-GEO-001"],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2024-04-29","campaign_ids":["GEO-CAMP-001"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-04: Electoral Event","campaign_phase":"Phase 1: Authorization","civic_response":"Mass protests April-May 2024 — largest in Georgia in decades; 60+ CSOs announce non-compliance with law; EU Parliament resolution April 25 2024 (425-25): \"EU accession negotiations should not be opened as long as this law is part of Georgia's legal order\"","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Social Trust Erosion","institutional_consequence":"Political purpose of foreign agent law made explicit; civil society framed as electoral threat to ruling party"}